Americas Watchdog Is Offering Free Advice For The Victims Of The Auction Rate Securities Debacle

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Americas Watchdog is offering to help all victims of the auction rate securities disaster. The group is worried that individuals who were sold a bill of goods called a auction rate preferred shares or a auction rate shares (ARPS or ARS) need to start taking control of the future, by having their investment analyzed by an expert. According to Americas Watchdog, "we think the press is losing interest in this horrible situation, so we do not believe the government will do anything meaningful, in what the group considers massive fraud on the part of Wall Street stock brokerage firms, mainstream US banks or financial firms. People need to call us, so they can get an honest assessment of their situation". Victims can call Americas Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466 or visit their web site at http://ARSWatchdog.Com.

We want every victim to call us because they need to start making smart choices to protect themselves, and we want to tell them everything we know.This includes not taking the bait on a class action that will not yield much for the victim as opposed to the better choice of arbitration.

Washington, DC (PRWEB)June 2, 2008

For over three months, Americas Watchdog has been investigating the US auction rate securities debacle. Americas Watchdog is offering to help all victims of the auction rate securities scandal for free. Why is this a scandal? According to Americas Watchdog, over 140,000 US citizens were told by their name brand US bank, a high profile Wall Street stock brokerage firm, or a financial institution that individual investors should cash in their CD's or money market accounts, because there was complete safety in something called an auction rate securities, also known as a auction rate preferred shares or auction rate shares (ARPS or ARS). According to Americas Watchdog, "This is the single worst case of fraud in US history. We want to hear from every victim at 866-714-6466 so we can try to help them with some honesty so we can advance our investigation."

Things Victims Of The Auction Rate Securities Disaster Need To Do:

Americas Watchdog & their Auction Rate Securities Complaint Center are recommending that most auction rate shares or auction rate preferred shares victims talk with an arbitration law firm that has a specialty in securities law as opposed to joining a class action. Americas Watchdog considers class actions an extremely poor option, that could yield as little as $0.10 cents on the dollar. The group can make some very good suggestions with respect to the top securities arbitration law firms in the US. According to the group, they have the names and phone numbers of some of the best securities arbitration law firms in the nation, and they want to share this information with every victim. Victims who were sold auction rate securities can call Americas Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466 or visit their web site at Http://ARSWatchdog.Com

Extra Important Note: Some personal injury type law firms with no securities experience are now creating web sites that say they can help victims with a class action. If a consumer who was defrauded with auction rate securities (ARPS or ARS) wants to know who to call, Americas Watchdog can make some good recommendations. Any auction rate securities victim can call Americas Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466.

Americas Watchdog will try to explain the secondary market to every consumer who has a auction rate security. The secondary market is a place that has been created to buy investors out of the ARPS or ARS investment. While the secondary market will involve a discounted sales price, a good portion of the discount could be made up in the arbitration process. The ARS Watchdog web site is located at Http://ARSWatchdog.Com and the group would recommend that consumers defrauded in Auction Rate Securities, visit the web site and click on the "options" tab.

So what should any individual involved in the auction rate preferred shares (ARPS) or auction rate shares (ARS) scandal do?

According to Americas Watchdog, "We want every victim to call us because they need to start making smart choices to protect themselves, and we want to tell them everything we know.This includes not taking the bait on a class action that will not yield much for the victim as opposed to the better choice of arbitration."

Another reason Americas Watchdog wants to hear from every consumer is because of so much disinformation about a miracle fix for the auction rate securities disaster. Disinformation includes, a magic fix by the tooth fairy, the SEC, state regulatory agencies, or even all of the banks stock brokers or financial institutions giving people back all their money. Many consumers are being told, "your uninsured student loans are fine." Americas Watchdog calls it, "another gigantic lie". While some auction rate securities have indeed been cashed out, people need to get in line with a skilled securities arbitration firm to cover the legal base. Again, Americas Watchdog can make some very good recommendations.

Again Do Not Fall For The Line, "I've never done securities arbitration before, but I am sure I can learn" (from a personal injury law firm).

Anyone who purchased an auction rate shares or an auction rate preferred share should call Americas Watchdog at 866-714-6466 or visit their web site at http://ARSWatchdog.com.

Americas Watchdog and its ARS Watchdog are all about protecting consumers in what will turn out to be the single worst case of fraud in US history.